[–] 1 point 13 hours ago

even better: Mowing with a scythe lets you easily deposit the grain neatly in a row (windrow), which means you can just have one person hauling ass on the scythe and another behind them bundling up the straws.
It's honestly pretty insane how close to ideal scythe harvesting is.

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  • [–] 2 points 14 hours ago

    my take is that simply dropping "the" from "the patriarchy" does a lot to make it more useful and less uncomfortable to talk about.
    It's not some specific thing, people don't have meetings on enforcing The Patriarchy, it's just an effect.
    I'm not sure if it's strictly comparable but like, talking about "the democracy" would sound strange, but talking about "democracy" is completely normal.

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  • [–] 4 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

    i will never understand how americans think their zoning system is sane, having the government say "You're only allowed to build low-density housing here" is fucking dystopian.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    it's like people are only capable of comprehending extremes; either you scrub every millimeter of your body with hydrochloric acid, or you never clean yourself and in fact smear yourself in actual dogshit.

    god forbid we just.. shower with water and use a bit of gentle soap if we're really dirty..

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